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BrightGauge 3.0 to Offer Advanced Analytics, Aggregated Data Reporting
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BrightGauge Software said that it has released BrightGauge 3.0, the company’s latest update to its web-based business analytics and customer-reporting platform for MSPs. The new release provides enhanced customization of data metrics and more robust reporting features that now enable MSPs to measure and visualize their own business performance across their entire client base.
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Dell to Enable Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012 Support for OpenStack
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Dell said that it will now enable Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V as a viable hypervisor choice for the OpenStack cloud platform. This development, which is the first instance of a technology vendor enabling Windows Server Hyper-V hypervisor on OpenStack for private clouds, will give customers additional flexibility and choice to run OpenStack workloads within their existing Windows Server environments.
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Product Review: Lenovo’s ThinkPad Helix…our First Impressions
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Late last month, I attended Lenovo’s Accelerate Partner Conference in Las Vegas, and I had the opportunity to chat with Ashley Rodrigue, Lenovo Ambassador, Lenovo Customer Care. Ashley spent time speaking with me regarding the company’s new ThinkPad Helix, which was launched at the event last month. So what were my first impressions of the product?: Lenovo knocks it out of the park with the ThinkPad Helix. It has everything you need to live in a digital world. The Helix is portable, flexible, user friendly and has a great batter life with Lenovo's attention to building a stable and robust prod...
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StorageCraft Offering Free BDR Software Downloads to those Impacted by this Week’s Tornadoes
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In response to the tornadoes earlier this week in Oklahoma and Texas, StorageCraft has pledged to provide relief by offering a free three-day version of its BDR software products, StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition. The company is providing a free download to businesses and non-profit organizations in the regions that were affected by the storms.
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D&H Launches “Get Authorized” Tool to Ease the Burden of Pricing Compliance
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D&H Distributing has introduced its “Get Authorized” program for resellers, which is designed to reduce the time and labor of the vendor authorization process, of which resellers must go through to buy products that are subject to MAP (minimum advertised pricing), UPP (unilateral pricing policy) and similar authorization restrictions.
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Continuum State of the Union: We are Stronger than Ever, and Completely MSP-Focused
Channel Strategies
At this point, about 18 months later, you would have been living in a cave if you are involved in the SMB channel and had not heard that Zenith Infotech’s managed services business unit was spun off as a separate entity known as Continuum. Based in Boston, the company, in which VC firm Summit Partners has made a sizable investment, Continuum (formerly known as Zenith RMM), operates as a strong U.S.-based company that is continually focused on its MSPs and helping them to better their lives—both professionally and personally.
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dinCloud Releases White Label Version of dinManage
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This morning, dinCloud announced that their cloud management platform, dinManage, is available to the company’s channel partners as a white label product. The addition of this white label option will allow partners to streamline the process for migrating their customers to the cloud by adding virtual servers or hosted virtual desktops. The white labeled version of dinManage features the following:
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Breaking News: N-Able to be Acquired by SolarWinds; CEO Gavin Garbutt to Retire
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We heard just now from our good PR friend Marie Rourke and Co. of WhiteFox Communications that SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software has agreed to acquire N-able for $120 million cash. The acquisition is a quick one in that is set to close by the end of this month.
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